Quotes by Self Happy insect! what can be In happiness compared to thee? Fed with nourishment divine, The dewy morning's gentle wine! Nature waits upon thee still, And thy verdant cup does fill; 'Tis fill'd wherever thou dost tread, Nature's self's thy Ganymede. Abraham Cowley wine self morning We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent or self-satisfied; they are, if sound, the spearhead of progress. If they are fundamentally wrong, free discussion will in time put an end to them. Abraham Flexner self play science Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world. Abraham Joshua Heschel encounters self thinking We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting. The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender. Abraham Joshua Heschel different self prayer God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light. Abraham Joshua Heschel light darkness self Prayer is not a stratagem for occasional use, a refuge to resort to now and then. It is rather like an established residence for the innermost self. All things have a home: the bird has a nest, the fox has a hole, the bee has a hive. A soul without prayer is a soul without a home. Abraham Joshua Heschel self prayer home In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender Abraham Joshua Heschel consciousness self prayer Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism. Abraham Joshua Heschel criticism self wise Self-respect is the root of discipline Abraham Joshua Heschel discipline self roots Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human. Abraham Joshua Heschel independence being-human self The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature. Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency? Abraham Joshua Heschel term self ideas Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us. Abraham Lincoln unbroken grace self The master not only governs the slave without his consent, but he governs him by a set of rules altogether different from those which he prescribes for himself. Allow ALL the governed an Abraham Lincoln voice government self Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest. Abraham Lincoln self spring motivational When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government-that is despotism. Abraham Lincoln white-man self men It is easiest to "be all things to all men," but it is not honest. Self-respect must be sacrificed every hour in the day. Abraham Lincoln hours-in-the-day self men Self appointed expectations lead to self induced frustrations. Abraham Low frustration self expectations Every act of self control leads to a sense of self-respect. Abraham Low self-control self-respect self A person who makes full use of and exploits his talents, potentialities, and capacities. Such a person seems to be fulfilling himself and doing the best he is capable of doing. The self-actualized person must find in his life those qualities that make his living rich and rewarding. He must find meaningfulness, self-sufficiency, effortlessness, playfulness, richness, simplicity, completion, necessity, perfection, individuality, beauty, and truth. Abraham Maslow simplicity perfection self Self-actualizing people are those who have come to a high level of maturation, health and self-fulfillment... the values that self-actualizers appreciate include truth, creativity, beauty, goodness, wholeness, aliveness, uniqueness, justice, simplicity, and self-sufficiency. Abraham Maslow creativity self success «1234567891011»
